Ep 74: World Cup Chat – Part 2

Posted by Donny on Aug 29, 2010 in Episodes | 0 comments

Bookbabble Episode 74: World Cup Chat – Part 2
Recorded 21 June  2010
Babblers: Marcel, Bjorn, Donny

Synopsis:

This is one of the strangest, most languid chit-chat in Bookbabble’s short history.  This episode drops you right in the middle of a football match watched by the boys in three different countries – simultaneously.  And still somehow manage to talk about horror movies, private parts and racism.  Oh, and football related books and movies too.  (Yeah, it would have been better if this episode came out, oh, about 2 months sooner, but hey, at least you get to see how well we did our predictions).

Be warned, this is a rambling, totally unedited show.

Show Length: 1:37:24

Show Notes:

• http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article6794841.ece
• The Kilburn Social Club by Robert Hudson
• http://www.amazon.com/Damned-Utd-David-Peace/dp/0571224334/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277051533&sr=1-8
• http://www.amazon.com/Brilliant-Orange-Neurotic-Genius-Soccer/dp/1590200551/ref=pd_sim_b_3
• http://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-Australia-Turkey-Iraq-Are-Destined/dp/1568584253/ref=pd_sim_b_2
• http://www.amazon.com/Soccer-Against-Enemy-Revolutions-Dictators/dp/1568586337/ref=pd_sim_b_5
• "Dynamo: Defending the honour of Kiev", Andy Dougan
• "Quo Vadis", Henrik Sinkiewicz
• http://www.bpb.de/publikationen/4WEJJJ,0,0,Fu%EF%BF%BDball_unterm_Hakenkreuz.html
• Henning Mankell
• Ivorien = Et voit rien = And doesn’t see anything
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_%28rugby_player%29
• http://i40.tinypic.com/jq5l3t.png
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronos_%28film%29
• Borthwick, le retour
• "let the right one in", John Ajvide Lindqvist
• True Blood
• www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com

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Ep 74: World Cup Chat – Part 1

Posted by Donny on Aug 22, 2010 in Episodes | 0 comments

Bookbabble Episode 74: World Cup Chat – Part 1
Recorded 21 June  2010
Babblers: Marcel, Bjorn, Donny

Synopsis:

This is one of the strangest, most languid chit-chat in Bookbabble’s short history.  This episode drops you right in the middle of a football match watched by the boys in three different countries – simultaneously.  And still somehow manage to talk about horror movies, private parts and racism.  Oh, and football related books and movies too.  (Yeah, it would have been better if this episode came out, oh, about 2 months sooner, but hey, at least you get to see how well we did our predictions).

Be warned, this is a rambling, totally unedited show.

Show Length: 58:03

Show Notes:

• http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/fiction/article6794841.ece
• The Kilburn Social Club by Robert Hudson
• http://www.amazon.com/Damned-Utd-David-Peace/dp/0571224334/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277051533&sr=1-8
• http://www.amazon.com/Brilliant-Orange-Neurotic-Genius-Soccer/dp/1590200551/ref=pd_sim_b_3
• http://www.amazon.com/Soccernomics-Australia-Turkey-Iraq-Are-Destined/dp/1568584253/ref=pd_sim_b_2
• http://www.amazon.com/Soccer-Against-Enemy-Revolutions-Dictators/dp/1568586337/ref=pd_sim_b_5
• “Dynamo: Defending the honour of Kiev”, Andy Dougan
• “Quo Vadis”, Henrik Sinkiewicz
• http://www.bpb.de/publikationen/4WEJJJ,0,0,Fu%EF%BF%BDball_unterm_Hakenkreuz.html
• Henning Mankell
• Ivorien = Et voit rien = And doesn’t see anything
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Thomas_%28rugby_player%29
• http://i40.tinypic.com/jq5l3t.png
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronos_%28film%29
• Borthwick, le retour
• “let the right one in”, John Ajvide Lindqvist
• True Blood
• www.hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com

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Ep 75: Hanging out with Joshua Cohen – Part 2

Posted by Donny on Aug 22, 2010 in Episodes | 0 comments

Bookbabble Episode 75: Hanging out with Joshua Cohen – Part 2
Recorded 29 June  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn, Francois, Donny with special guest Joshua Cohen

Synopsis:

The crew is honored to have Joshua Cohen guesting on this episode to talk about your usual babbly things, including his latest work, Witz, which has received rave reviews from critics everywhere.

(Photo Credit: Forward)

Show Length: 46:19

Joshua Cohen on the Web

• Official Website
• Wikipedia Entry
• Witz
• A Heaven of Others
• Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto

Show Notes:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar_Hemon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaddis
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Recognitions
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forward
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Malamud
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Markson
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Safran_Foer
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_gass
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Lowry
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Horse_Tavern_%28New_York_City%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Perec
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void_%28novel%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.L._Peretz
• http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Practice-Hell-Eugene-Kogon/dp/0425164314
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Kogon
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/22/anne-frank-sharon-dogar
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_the_Jewish_People
• http://www.amazon.de/gebrauchte-Jude-Ein-Selbstportr%C3%A4t/dp/346203703X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277740982&sr=8-1
• http://withhiddennoise.net/2010/06/09/joshua-cohen-a-heaven-of-others/
• http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Reviews-Essays/Witz/ba-p/2714
• Here’s the link to Daniel Elkind’s review of A Heaven of Others: http://newhavenreview.com/?p=266
• http://www.bookforum.com/review/5976
• http://www.amazon.com/Million-Little-Pieces-James-Frey/dp/0307276902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277742496&sr=8-1
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_%28book%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shklovskii
• http://www.amazon.com/Trial-Begins-Abram-Andrei-Sinyavsky/dp/0520046773
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda_Amichai
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector

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Ep 75: Hanging out with Joshua Cohen – Part 1

Posted by Donny on Aug 22, 2010 in Episodes | 0 comments

Bookbabble Episode 75: Hanging out with Joshua Cohen – Part 1
Recorded 29 June  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Bjorn, Francois, Donny with special guest Joshua Cohen

Synopsis:

The crew is honored to have Joshua Cohen guesting on this episode to talk about your usual babbly things, including his latest work, Witz, which has received rave reviews from critics everywhere.

(Photo Credit: The New York Observer)

Show Length: 1:02:35

Joshua Cohen on the Web

• Official Website
• Wikipedia Entry
• Witz
• A Heaven of Others
• Cadenza for the Schneidermann Violin Concerto

Show Notes:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar_Hemon
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gaddis
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Recognitions
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forward
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Malamud
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Markson
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Safran_Foer
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_gass
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Lowry
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Horse_Tavern_%28New_York_City%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Perec
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Void_%28novel%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.L._Peretz
• http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Practice-Hell-Eugene-Kogon/dp/0425164314
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Kogon
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/22/anne-frank-sharon-dogar
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invention_of_the_Jewish_People
• http://www.amazon.de/gebrauchte-Jude-Ein-Selbstportr%C3%A4t/dp/346203703X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277740982&sr=8-1
• http://withhiddennoise.net/2010/06/09/joshua-cohen-a-heaven-of-others/
• http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Reviews-Essays/Witz/ba-p/2714
• Here’s the link to Daniel Elkind’s review of A Heaven of Others: http://newhavenreview.com/?p=266
• http://www.bookforum.com/review/5976
• http://www.amazon.com/Million-Little-Pieces-James-Frey/dp/0307276902/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277742496&sr=8-1
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_%28book%29
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shklovskii
• http://www.amazon.com/Trial-Begins-Abram-Andrei-Sinyavsky/dp/0520046773
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda_Amichai
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarice_Lispector

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-04

Posted by Donny on Jul 4, 2010 in BB-related | 0 comments

• Talked with Joshua Cohen yesterday. Great fun! #
• @Songs_n_Socks Did you get a reply from @colsonwhitehead? in reply to Songs_n_Socks #
• @Songs_n_Socks Btw, did you manage to get the Pakistani translator you told me about after Scott Sigler's interview? Want me to send invite? in reply to Songs_n_Socks #
• @colsonwhitehead Hey there! We would be honored, but you're limited to the vocabulary list I'm building for you. @songs_n_socks in reply to colsonwhitehead #

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Ep 73: Your CONTAGIOUS, INFECTED ANCESTOR – Hanging out with Scott Sigler

Posted by Donny on Jun 20, 2010 in Episodes | 0 comments

Bookbabble Episode 73: Your CONTAGIOUS, INFECTED ANCESTOR – Hanging out with Scott Sigler
Recorded 12 June 2010
Babblers: Marcel, Donny and special guest Scott Sigler

Synopsis:

This week we speak with New York Times best-selling author Scott Sigler.  We covered his start in the publishing industry, the podcast-only novel mechanism, and his upcoming book release ANCESTOR.  Plus, there’s this bit about the World Cup as well (it’s called football, not soccer!).

(Photo Credit: ScottSigler.com)

Show Length: 52:15

Scott Sigler on the Net:

• Official Website
• Twitter.com/scottsigler
• INFECTED
• CONTAGIOUS
• ANCESTOR

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Ep 72: Books that Make You Laugh!

Posted by Donny on Jun 20, 2010 in Episodes | 2 comments

Bookbabble Episode 72: Books That Make You Laugh!
Recorded 6 June  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Renee, Donny

Synopsis:

What are the books that make the babblers break into a smile?  Perhaps even outright laughter?(Although it must be said that would look weird.  Good for clearing a space for you in public transports, though).  Anyway, babblers list out some interesting picks here, and in true Bookbabble style, a most varied and eclectic mix indeed.  Not just funny books, mind you, but satirical and cynical yet darkly humorous works are also covered.  Plus, critically-acclaimed poet who’s actually crap, and Marcel goes postal.  “Some people shouldn’t be allowed to write!”, he wails. 

(Photo Credit: Christopher Moore from Seattle P-I)

Show Length: 1:09:47

Show Notes:

• Shakespeare
• Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald
• David Sedaris
• Jon Stewart, America the Book, Naked Pictures of Famous People
• Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Neil Gaiman
• Lois McMaster Bujold, Vorkosigan saga
• Janet Evanovich
• Samuel Beckett
• Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
• PG Wodehouse, Jeeves and Wooster Stories
• Dorothy Parker’s interior monologues
• Gargantua and Pantagruel, Francois Rabelais
• Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy
• JP Donleavy, "The Ginger Man"
• Lars Saabye Christense The jealous hairdresser/barber
• Hanif Kureishi
• Lars Saabye Christensen
• Eoin Colfer – Hitchhiker’s sequel
• Against The Day, Thomas Pynchon
• Will Self
• Quantity Theory of Insanity
• Gabriel Chevallier
• http://www.amazon.com/Scandals-Clochemerle-Gabriel-Chevallier/dp/1416569766/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275841439&sr=1-1
• Tova Reich
• The Jewish War
• Villy Sørensen:
• http://www.amazon.com/Harmless-Tales-Villy-Sorensen/dp/1870041151/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275841868&sr=1-3
• Cynthia Ozick
• My Holocaust
• http://www.amazon.com/God-Bless-You-Dr-Kevorkian/dp/0743422007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275842158&sr=8-1
• The Liar, Stephen Fry
• Moab is my Washpot, Stephen Fry
• The Gunseller, Hugh Laurie
• The Stars’ Tennis Balls
• http://www.amazon.com/Ode-Less-Travelled-Unlocking-Within/dp/1592403115/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1275843236&sr=8-8
• Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
• Joe Dunthorne
• Heather Phillipson
• http://magmapoetry.com/archive/magma-40-passions-and-obsessions/poems/james-grieve/
• http://www.penpushermagazine.co.uk/magazine/extracts/article/284/
• John Barth
• Donald Barthelme
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot-weed_factor
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/feb/17/fiction.reviews1

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Ep 71: “Whodunnit”? More Like “Who Said It”?

Posted by Donny on Jun 20, 2010 in Episodes | 0 comments

Bookbabble Episode 71: “Whodunnit”?  More Like “Who Said It”?
Recorded 24 May  2010
Babblers: Lone, Marcel, Renee, Donny

Synopsis:

The babblers talk about crime fiction, and lists books in this genre (with plenty of help from Wikipedia, too).

Note: The audio for this episode is choppy, so please take note.

(Photo Credit: The Boston Globe)

Show Length: 39:44 (shortest episode in recent memory!)

Links:

• http://www.examiner.com/x-12767-US-Headlines-Examiner~y2010m5d22-Texas-State-Board-of-Education-approves-changes-to-school-guidelines-after-months-of-debate-video
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Top_100_Crime_Novels_of_All_Time
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_fiction
• Rogue Male
• http://www.listsofbests.com/list/6900-the-top-100-crime-novels-of-all-time
• Stieg Larsson
• Patricia Cromwell (Dr. Kay Scarpetta)
• Jean-Claude Izzo
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._I._Warshawski
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/primesuspect/
• Jakob Arjouni (http://shigekuni.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/frankfurter-jakob-arjounis-happy-birthday-turk/)
• Swedish Crime Fiction: http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_8?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=swedish+crime+fiction&sprefix=swedish+
• Sherlock Holmes
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Games_%28novel%29

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-06-20

Posted by Donny on Jun 20, 2010 in BB-related | 0 comments

• RT @TelegraphNews Britain’s best 20 novelists under 40 – China Miéville 'incomparably talented SF writer' http://bit.ly/bnV0FD #

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Bookbabble Does Quantum Leap!

Posted by Donny on Jun 17, 2010 in BB-related | 7 comments

Well.  As our dear dedicated listeners know, Bookbabble episodes have been slow in coming.  We’re pretty behind in our show releases, but I’m trying to get our some of our shows that do not require as much editing out the door as soon as possible.  We have an episode on funny novels, one where we spoke about comics and reviews and pink noise and fantasy characters cage matches, and even the infamous and oft-delayed (first for planning, now for releasing!) Paul Auster smackdown!

During this time you will see the numbers for the BB episodes jump up and down more often than a toad in a dumpster.  Worry not.  The trusty Episode List shall be your guide, and you’ll know you’re not losing your marbles when episode 67 comes after 73.

Hang in there!